Variation over

Item

As on May 26, 2006

Week

End-March 2006

End-December 2005

Year

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs. Crore

US$ Mn.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Total Reserves

7,44,932

1,62,592

4,415

–370

68,545

10,970

1,26,549

25,386

1,36,337

22,763

(a)

Foreign Currency Assets

7,13,007

1,55,509

4,381

–370*

65,680

10,401

1,22,510

24,491

1,30,066

21,561

(b)

Gold

28,335

6,301

—

—

2,661

546

4,565

1,027

8,942

1,858

(c)

SDRs

2

—

—

—

–10

–3

–18

–5

–17

–4

(d)

Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,588

782

34

—

214

26

–508

–127

–2,654

–652

*: Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation/depreciation of non-US
currencies (such as Euro, Sterling, Yen) held in reserves. For details, please refer to the Current Statistics
section of the RBI Bulletin.
**: Reserve Position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), i.e., Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) which was
shown as a memo item from May 23, 2003 to March 26, 2004 has been included in the reserves from the
week ended April 2, 2004 in keeping with the international best practice.